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500 Francs Aries
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Weight | 17.50 g |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Cameroon occupies the central field, depicting a shield bearing scales of justice surmounted by a five-pointed star, flanked by fasces and supported on a ribbon scroll inscribed REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON / REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN, with the fineness mark Ag 999 to the lower left. The field displays a distinctive wavy line pattern rendered in alternating light and dark sections, creating a dynamic textured background. The bilingual national motto PAIX / PEACE and TRAVAIL / WORK and PATRIE / FATHERLAND appears in two languages flanking the arms. The date 2023 is prominently placed above the coat of arms. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN arcs along the upper rim, while the denomination 500 FRANCS CFA is boldly inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cameroon's modern commemorative program has expanded aggressively since the 2010s, with the country lending its issuing authority to a pipeline of collector pieces designed, struck, and distributed almost entirely by European minting houses — primarily the Bavarian State Mint and B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt — with no meaningful connection to the Cameroonian domestic economy. This piece belongs to that category.
The Aries issue is part of a zodiac series, a format that has saturated the sub-Saharan collector coin market for over a decade.